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Aylin Matlé (@AylinMatle - Center for Security and Defense at the German Council on Foreign Relations) speaks with the Thinking Global team on German foreign policy and transatlantic relations. Aylin Matléchats with Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) and Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about German Foreign Policy, transatlantic relations, NATO, Trump, US-German Relations and foreign policy following the 2025 German Elections. This is part of our 2025 German Election special series. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Harry Hobbs (@HarryHobbsUNSW – University of New South Wales) speaks with the Thinking Global team about micronations and micropatriology. Dr. Hobbs chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) on micronations and the international system, the practices of legitimacy and sovereignty of micronations, their position in international law, and more. A new member of the team is also introduced, Daniel Drury, who reviews Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Jennifer Engl (@JenniferEngl), Romanos Orpheas Tofis (@rmnorph), and our new co-host, Kosta Kambouris, chat with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about what they've been reading in the fourth instalment of The Laid-Back Book Club. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. Please send letters of correspondence to thinkingglobal.eir@gmail.com. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation⁠.

Marilou Bayard Trépanier of Last Generation Canada (@lastgencanada) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the current Oil Kills uprising (@_oilkills). Marilou chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Daniel McDaid about the aims of Oil Kills, the practice of direct non-violent global civil disobedience, the impact of their action, the substance of a Fossil Fuel non-proliferation treaty, and more. For more information, visit the Oil Kills Website. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. Please send letters of correspondence to thinkingglobal.eir@gmail.com. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

In the fifth and final episode of our 2024 UK General Election special series, the Thinking Global team discuss the outcome of the election through an International Relations lens. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) speaks with Jennifer (@JenniferEngl), Marianna (@Faloulah), and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about some of the more interesting aspects of this election, before each editor gives their own thoughts. Please send us your letters to thinkingglobal.eir@gmail.com telling us your thoughts, announcements, publications, etc. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E- International Relations, please consider a ⁠ donation⁠⁠.

Catarina M. Liberato (University of Kent - @CataMLiberato @UniKentPolitics) speaks with the Thinking Global team about ‘Global Britain’ in The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election. Catarina chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about ‘Global Britain’, post-Brexit foreign policy, globality of foreign policy, this election, and more. This is the fourth episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Please send us your letters to thinkingglobal.eir@gmail.com telling us your thoughts, announcements, publications, etc. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E- International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Patrick J. Vernon (Kings College London - @paddyjvernon @warstudies) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Queer International Relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Patrick Vernon chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about Queer IR, how it intersects with this election, queer epistemology, their most recent work The Coloniality of Humanitarian Intervention, and more. This is the third episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Lastly, this week we have another Open Letter Competition. Entries WILL be read out on the next episode so long as they are sent in before Thursday 4th July. Please do email your answers (no more than 300 words) to thinkingglobal.eir@gmail.com for the following question: In what way has this UK General Election been entwined with international relations and why? Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Evie Aspinall (British Foreign Policy Group - @EvieAspinall_, @TheBFPG) speaks with the Thinking Global team about British foreign relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Evie Aspinall chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about British foreign relations at this General Election, soft power, the foreign policy proposals of the different parties, and more. This is the second episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Lastly, this week we have another Open Letter Competition. Entries WILL be read out on the next episode so long as they are sent in before Thursday 4th July. Please do email your answers (no more than 300 words) to thinkingglobal.eir@gmail.com for the following question: In what way has this UK General Election been entwined with international relations and why? Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Christopher Hill (University of Cambridge - @Dept_of_POLIS) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the future of British foreign policy and The 2024 UK General Election. Prof. Hill chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) on conceptualising ‘foreign policy’ itself, British foreign policy after Brexit, the central thesis of his The Future of British Foreign Policy, how this election intertwines with foreign policy discourse, and more. This is the first episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation⁠⁠.

Prof. Robert Fatton, Jr. speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) in the second of our two-part series on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs, focussing on Haiti in the ‘outer periphery’ of the global economic system, humanitarian intervention, CARICOM, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation⁠.